#The reader movie

Their liaisons, all at her apartment, are characterized by her asking him to read literary works he is studying in school, such as ''The Odyssey'', 'The Lady with the Dog' and ''The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn''. The two begin an sordid affair that lasts through that spring and the summer when he is off from school. Michael returns to her every day after school, rejecting the clear interest of girls his own age. He persuades her to tell him her name - Hanna. When he returns to apologize a few days later, she seduces him. However, when she catches him spying on her as she dresses, he runs away in shame. She is matter of fact with him but asks him to escort her to work on the tram line. After he recovers as the spring season arrives, he returns to the apartment building to deliver a bouquet of flowers to Hanna at her apartment and thanks her.

All Michael can do is examine his stamps and bide his time. Michael is diagnosed with scarlet fever and must rest at home for the next three months. Hanna Schmitz (Kate Winslet), the tram conductor, comes in and assists him in returning home. An unhappy-looking teenage Michael (David Kross) gets off but wanders around the streets afterwards, finally pausing in the entryway of a nearby apartment building where he starts to vomit. The film flashes back to another tram in early 1958 Neustadt, West Germany during a rainy winter day. The two part awkwardly, and as Michael watches a Berlin S-Bahn pass by outside.

#The reader movie

The movie begins in 1995 Berlin, where a well-dressed man named Michael Berg (Ralph Fiennes) is preparing breakfast for a young brunette woman named Brigitte (Jeanette Hain) whom has stayed the night with him.The synopsis below may give away important plot points. THE READER is a story about truth and reconciliation, about how one generation comes to terms with the crimes of another. As Hanna's past is revealed, Michael uncovers a deep secret that will impact both of their lives. Eight years later, while Michael is a law student observing the Nazi war crime trials, he is stunned to find Hanna back in his life-this time as a defendant in the courtroom. Hanna is enthralled as Michael reads to her from 'The Odyssey,' 'Huck Finn,' and 'The Lady with the Little Dog.' Despite their intense bond, Hanna mysteriously disappears one day and Michael is left confused and heartbroken. Michael discovers that Hanna loves being read to and their physical relationship deepens. The two are quickly drawn into a passionate secret affair. Michael recovers from scarlet fever and seeks out Hanna to thank her. THE READER opens in post-war Germany when teenager Michael Berg becomes ill and is helped home by Hanna, a stranger twice his age. Post-WWII Germany: Nearly a decade after his affair with an older woman came to a mysterious end, law student Michael Berg re-encounters his former lover as she defends herself in a war-crime trial.